{"id":2394522,"date":"2025-01-23T19:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-targets-insane-budget-earmarked-for-candy-blankets-comic-books-and-stuffed-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T19:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:38:58","slug":"doge-targets-insane-budget-earmarked-for-candy-blankets-comic-books-and-stuffed-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-targets-insane-budget-earmarked-for-candy-blankets-comic-books-and-stuffed-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE Targets Insane Budget Earmarked for Candy, Blankets, Comic Books, and Stuffed Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoge-targets-insane-budget-earmarked-for-candy-blankets-comic-books-and-stuffed-animals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Government\u200d Efficiency (DOGE) has quickly identified a\u200d target to cut \u200bgovernment expenses: reduce spending on needless promotional items, \u200coften dubbed &#8220;swag.&#8221; Lead \u200bby Senate DOGE Caucus \u200bchair Joni Ernst \u200b(R-Iowa), the initiative aims\u200b to eliminate approximately $1.8 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-billion-in-fraudulent-pandemic-relief-funds-returned-to-u-s-government\/\" title=\"+ Billion in Fraudulent Pandemic Relief Funds Returned to U.S. Government\">taxpayer money spent<\/a> \u2062on frivolous items like\u2062 mascots, fidget spinners, candy, coloring books, and\u200b comic books, wich many\u200c are calling &#8220;purely propaganda.&#8221; ernst has introduced the\u2063 Stop Wasteful advertising by the Government (SWAG) \u200dAct to end funding for\u2062 these items, which she argues are akin to expenses found \u200bat a child&#8217;s birthday \u2063party rather than appropriate government spending. \u2063The legislation will not affect congressionally approved mascots, but other items associated with unapproved \u2063mascots, including promotional merchandise, would be\u200b defunded. Ernst emphasizes \u2063the \u200dneed \u2062for accountability\u2064 and responsible financial \u200cmanagement, pointing out that\u200c if such wasteful \u200dspending can easily be identified, there might potentially be much more to eliminate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Government Efficiency has only been officially around for a few days, and already, DOGE has an easy target to reduce government waste: Stop paying for stuffed doges.<\/p>\n<p>Or stuffed <em>dogs<\/em>, if you don&rsquo;t like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/doge-meme-history-elon-musk-2024-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the meme spelling<\/a>. Or stuffed animals, period. Or candy, or blankets, or comic books, or jar grip openers.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, in more proof that DOGE might be the most necessary creation of the nascent Trump administration 2.0, the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-announces-unexpected-title-doge-says-hardly-glorious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a> caucus has identified $1.8 billion (you read that right) in discretionary spending in the government that buys stuff only an eighth-grader should want &mdash; and certainly not with taxpayer cash.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senate DOGE Caucus chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has re-upped legislation to cut roughly $2 billion in taxpayer money spent on swag to promote federal agencies,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/23\/us-news\/senate-doge-caucus-takes-aim-at-1-8b-government-fund-for-candy-comic-books-purely-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Expenditures in Ernst&rsquo;s crosshairs went toward agency mascots, fidget spinners, coloring books, koozies, comic books, and other items the Iowan&rsquo;s team has called &lsquo;purely propaganda.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Or, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-lawmaker-completely-loses-sounds-like-child-throwing-tantrum-need-trans-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some lawmaker&rsquo;s<\/a> 13-year-old nephew probably called the mountain of juvenile waste, &ldquo;totally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/jan\/22\/skibidi-sigma-and-slay-the-most-popular-kids-slang-and-what-it-means\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skibidi sigma<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You might mistake Washington for a very expensive kid&rsquo;s birthday party, with federal employees playing dress up, appearing as mascots, and making coloring books,&rdquo; Ernst said in a statement, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14314629\/doge-trump-slash-government-spending-propaganda-fund.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst has introduced the Stop Wasteful Advertising by the Government, or SWAG, Act to curb this wastefulness. Aside from the Iowa Republican&rsquo;s unfortunate decision to use a cute, tortured acronym to draw attention to the bill, the legislation isn&rsquo;t just wise but necessary, considering our dire budget straits and the small-scale arrant profligacy it would eliminate.<\/p>\n<p>The bill wouldn&rsquo;t just defund any mascot that isn&rsquo;t congressionally approved, it would also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wuhan-lab-kept-nih-funding-despite-trump-crackdown\/\" title=\"Wuhan Lab Kept NIH Funding Despite Trump Crackdown\">end government funding<\/a> for merch associated with said mascots. This includes, according to the Mail, &ldquo;promotional blankets, buttons, candy, clothing, coloring books, graphic novels, cups, fidget spinners, hats, holiday ornaments, jar grip openers, keychains, koozies, magnets, neck ties, snuggies, stickers, stress balls, stuffed animals, thermoses, tote bags, trading cards, and writing utensils.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>These are items found in the disheveled bedroom of the dorkiest kid in your middle school graduating class, not a federal budget &mdash; and it&rsquo;s an easy first target for DOGE to drop like a bad habit. (I mean, aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-trump-administration-claiming-american-workers-culture-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>While mascots you know and love, like Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl &mdash; U.S. Forest Service icons that Congress has approved &mdash; won&rsquo;t be affected, it&rsquo;s more than a little hilarious to hear what swag <em>will<\/em> see the ax if this passes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department of Agriculture&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">creepy green mutant pest named &#038;lsquo<\/a>;Vin Vasive&rsquo; &mdash; a play on an invasive species &ndash; and the Department of Homeland Security&rsquo;s bear and dog mascots, &lsquo;Agent Teddy&rsquo; and &lsquo;Tracker,&rsquo; would all be defunded under the measure,&rdquo; the Mail reported, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&rsquo;re doggone excited to reintroduce our German shepherd mascot, Tracker. Tracker is thrilled for school to be back in session so he can take part in school presentations with our Border Community Liaison agents. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/K9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#K9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tracker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tracker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YumaSector?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YumaSector<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/germanshepherd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#germanshepherd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/backtoschool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#backtoschool<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mascot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mascot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x0dw2QBy8l\">pic.twitter.com\/x0dw2QBy8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chief Patrol Agent &ndash; Yuma Sector (@USBPChiefYUM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChiefYUM\/status\/1826631042947842462?\">August 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Introducing MacDill&rsquo;s New Mascot, &lsquo;Champa Boom.&rsquo; Don&rsquo;t Worry, His Blue Hair Is in Regs<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Er25kRuutc\">https:\/\/t.co\/Er25kRuutc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine (@ASForcesMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASForcesMag\/status\/1725609255779103005?\">November 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hear me out, Vin Vasive, the USDA APHIS invasive insects spokesman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xmxEyKDOe\">pic.twitter.com\/2xmxEyKDOe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alanis&#127807;&#129712; (@RavenGlitterx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RavenGlitterx\/status\/1858679878167539746?\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I forget &mdash; which &ldquo;Mystery Science Theater 3000&rdquo; movie was Vin Vasive featured in? &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tja9cTzgq5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manos: The Omnibus Reconciliation Bill of Fate<\/a>&ldquo;?<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s also a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comic book, &ldquo;The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak,&rdquo; which talks about the origin story of viruses. I haven&rsquo;t read it, but I&rsquo;m guessing the Junior Disease Detectives don&rsquo;t take a road trip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-authorizes-us-tax-funding-wuhan-institute-virology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wuhan Institute of Virology<\/a> or the offices of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scientist-worked-ecohealth-alliance-drops-bombshell-claim-wuhan-lab-biggest-u-s-intelligence-failure-since-9-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EcoHealth Alliance<\/a>. Just a hunch.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Ernst says it&rsquo;s time for this stuff to go.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am going to crash the party and bag this costly swag,&rdquo; Ernst&rsquo;s statement continued. &ldquo;Misbehaving bureaucrats need to stop wasting tax dollars trying to refurbish their bad reputation, and focus on serving the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And yes, $1.8 billion is &mdash; quite sadly &mdash; a drop in the bucket when it comes to government waste, but this is emblematic of just how much largesse there is to be cut. If we can easily identify nearly $2 billion (with a B) in <em>prima facie <\/em>wasteful spending on junk like comic books, furry-bait mascots, government-branded fidget spinners, and jar-grip openers, just think of what else we can get rid of if DOGE looks a bit deeper.<\/p>\n<p>As a compromise, the bureaucrat lifers can keep the stress balls. 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In a recent report by the New York Post, it was revealed that the Senate DOGE caucus has pinpointed $1.8 billion in discretionary spending on items that seem more suited for middle schoolers than taxpayer dollars. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus, is advocating for legislation aimed at reducing approximately $2 billion spent on promotional items for federal agencies. 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